To help fund the construction and ongoing maintenance of Look About Lodge, fund raising events were regularly held by…

Efforts to phase out use of the card catalog began during the early 1980s at Shaker Heights Public Library. By 1984,…

A 1938 Oldsmobile touring sedan from A Christmas Story’s parade scene sits in a garage behind the gift shop.

Students at Collinwood High School use card catalogs to learn essential filing skills.

The palm trees, beaded curtains, and bamboo walls helped patrons imagine an escape to a far away land.

The personal message on the front of this card, featuring a photograph taken on the beach at Gordon Park, reads:…

A postcard showing the ore docks on Whiskey Island.

The house where Jacob and Jennie Sapirstein lived while Jacob's postcard jobbing business grew into one of America's…

Visitors and a deer look on as a pair of sea lions frolic in one of the zoo's popular attractions.

A shorter version of the Terminal Tower is seen in this conceptual postcard, made ahead of a public referendum on…

"America's Finest Colored Hostelry: 250 rooms, 19 minutes to theatre and business district. Excellent service plus…

Two women admire the holiday window display depicting an Italian holiday gift-giving tradition, part of a series of…

The Hipp's lobby featured a profusion of plants and greenery more than a century ago.

A member of one of America’s great stage and screen families, Ethel Barrymore appeared in “Captain Jinks of the Horse…

Opened in 1918, the Oriental Studio stocked lamps, chandeliers, vases, urns, and novelties imported from China. Chinese…

A depiction of events taking place inside a Turnverein Hall by the artist August F. Biehle demonstrates the social…

Rosenblum’s was authorized to sell war bonds during World War II, and gave gifts with the purchase of a $100 bond. In…

In 1947, Cinecraft Productions created this holiday card to send to customers.

Glenville Race Track, located in the village (and then Cleveland neighborhood) of Glenville, operated from 1870 to 1908.…

"The HOTEL HOLLENDEN is located at Superior Avenue and East Sixth Street in downtown Cleveland. It is one of Cleveland's…

The Rainbow Room featured cabaret-style performances and was often used for large meetings as well.

This booklet cover shows St. Luke’s after its completion in 1927. The main building, named for Dudley P. Allen, was made…

Postcards of Cleveland's lakefront parks were extremely popular during the early decades of the 20th century. In this…

The development of American libraries during the 19th century forever changed popular conceptions of the institutions'…